'Locals' Attitudes this Season

[abekislevitz]

I have noticed over the past few years that some people that call themselves 'locals' have a big problem with people from the outside world encroaching on 'their' territory. Of course it's a natural tendency for people to defend their land and home and it's easy to get carried away, but I have seen totally unacceptable behavior by some people. One guy I remember shoving a woman on the redline yelling 'go back to LA'. Anyway just want to encourage people to be welcoming and accepting since this town or resort wouldn't exist without the people that make the long trek.

Got an unsettling comment on our Ski Team website earlier from a 'mammoth loc': "you guys blow... waste of space and good camera equipment... f&&ing rich little SC ba&&rds"

Figured they came through my video link on the forums. Anyway just want to say we are here to have a good time and the videos are for everyone's enjoyment. We - the officers of the team - work really hard to make getting to the mountains easy and devote non-stop work to it. That 'good' camera equipment is a $299 GoPro camera that was given to us for filming and editing a promotional video for them this summer. And for the record - my family lost our house last year due to foreclosure and I work 3+ jobs and have always paid for school entirely on my own - I know a lot of similar stories on the ski team: USC gives out some of the most financial aid of any school so not all of us are the rich ones - yeah we still are able to get Mammoth passes and ski so we are very fortunate but most of it is by hard work. Obviously I can ignore comments like these but they still pinch me the wrong way to know that people have such a wrong idea of who we are or what we do.
Entitlement to the mountain is the silliest thing I've ever heard of. And if we blow, I'd really like to see the commenter doing double rodeo 900's or double backflips over Mammoth's 80 footer like people on our team were last year.

[SkierBob]

You guys rock. Love your video's.

Ignore the haters

peace

[SkiTopanga]

Localism in a ski town and on the mountain?
ROTFLMAO!

[SKIPUNK]

Slag 'em off, there are about 700 true locals in Mammoth and about the same number of LoCals (born in California).
We are all aware of the wantabe's. I try to avoid them like the plague.

[TheSnowman]

Every town has it's morons. Just forget about them and move on...

[Photoho]

Keep the reports and videos coming. It sounds like you lead by example. Good job.

[ride395]

Bears are the real locals in TOML ... and look how they get treated!

Screw the haters. Of course, I'll still rib you guys about being USC students. Keep the vids coming!

[MammothKate]

Slag 'em off, there are about 700 true locals in Mammoth and about the same number of LoCals (born in California).
We are all aware of the wantabe's. I try to avoid them like the plague.

just curious how you classify the ture locals and the wannabes (im actually curious and not meaning any sarcasm by this reply) Wondering what makes you a "true" local

I consider myself a local. I lived in orange county till i was 18, moved to Utah for about 2 years, then came to Mammoth. Lived here for almost 5 years, year round. Work really hard at night so i can ski all day and afford expensive toys for when i dont want to ride the chair lift. I am hoping to buy a condo while the economy sucks but i have to much sh*t and a massive hairy dog that my pickings are very chooey on what condos i would like to live in vs what i can afford. I am by no means pushing peple on the busses and telling them to go home tho.

[wassisname]

These morons have been around forever, but it sad to see how tougher times squeeze the stupid out of some folks like puss from a zit. Over the years I’ve noticed that really bad attitudes seem to come from those who’ve either been in Mammoth too long, or not long enough.

Every season brings a few newbies who were kooks where they came from, and just keep on being kooks in Mammoth. But suddenly they’re arrogant kooks because they’ve been in town since… before Thanksgiving! …if that long. Fortunately they mostly seem to either figure it out or leave. After all, not many well-adjusted local residents are going to want to be around that either.

Then you’ve got the dead-enders who’ve been around forever – and that’s the extent of their life’s accomplishments. That’s just too sad to get into.

So welcome to Mammoth, enjoy your stay, and have a blast… unless it’s a powder day, then GET OUTTA MY WAY TOURIST!!!! Just kidding… sort of… I dunno… I need to think about that one for a while. I’ll get back to you. Come to think of it, you probably won’t be in the way of any “local” worth his or her salt, so we’re all good again! Maybe that’s what it comes down to. If you’ve really been around long enough, you’ll have the place wired and won’t need to ***** and whine about everything. Except sometimes just for fun, I mean, nobody’s perfect.

[TheSnowman]

Bears are the real locals in TOML ... and look how they get treated!

Screw the haters. Of course, I'll still rib you guys about being USC students. Keep the vids coming!

Just driving around I thought about this thread a bit... As a UCLA fan, I can tell you I have had that local kind of treatment from SC fans for years.

[abekislevitz]

I agree Snowman, the USC - UCLA hate is pretty absurd. I have never been a rivarly kind of person so it's hard for me to understand the basis of it - I love hanging with the guys from UCLA up on the hill. I have looked briefly in football forums and the hate/stupidity is out of this world. There are too many proud and arrogant USC people, I definitely agree - something we're known for not handling well - just don't want to be thrown into that generalization. You can usually assume the ski/snowboard teamers are on the better half of that spectrum seeing as how we are usually up in the mountains and not elsewhere on campus friday/saturday nights.

[gowithapro2009]

Slag 'em off, there are about 700 true locals in Mammoth and about the same number of LoCals (born in California).
We are all aware of the wantabe's. I try to avoid them like the plague.

WTH?

[PerfectZero]

I agree Snowman, the USC - UCLA hate is pretty absurd.

I've gotta agree too, but luckily most of the hate seems to come from a vocal minority on both sides. I see plenty of USC shirts around campus and Westwood, and no one cares unless there's a game imminent, maybe even then considering UCLA's record this year. Wear a Stanford shirt at Berkeley, however, that might cause some trouble.

How much you actually have to be in Mammoth to be considered "local?" I was probably up there 20% of the time last season, does that count?

[abekislevitz]

How much you actually have to be in Mammoth to be considered "local?" I was probably up there 20% of the time last season, does that count?

Hah, yeah I don't know - I got 110 days on the hill last season, so probably 130 at least up there. I graduate in a few weeks so I'm making the move and going to spend the rest of the season as a pseudo local.

[Sierra Lady]

Great topic, abekislevitz. I like your style!

I have been a resident here going on 27 years. The only true locals are the American Indians, the bears/wildlife and people who were born here. The rest of us are just blessed to be able to reside among them...without the 'tude.